Monarchy Quotes

141 quotes by 116 authors

Americans love to mock the idea of monarchy, and yet we have our own de facto monarchy. I think what these leaks did is, they… — Glenn Greenwald
We can now say with considerable confidence that the Bible is not a history of anyone's past.... The Bible's "Israel" is a literary fiction... Not… — Thomas L. Thompson
To recommend a monarchy on account of the prosperity it gives the provinces seems to me like recommending that a man should have liberty to… — Robert Graves
The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but… — King James I
In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption. — Raoul Vaneigem
I grew up between the two world wars and received a rather solid general education, the kind middle class children enjoyed in a country whose… — George Andrew Olah
A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments. — Ezra Stiles
We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy. — Ezra Stiles
It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as he is of… — Alexander Fraser Tytler
The three most ancient opinions concerning God are Anarchia, Polyarchia, and Monarchia. The first two are the sport of the children of Hellas, and may… — Gregory of Nyssa
Canadians should realise when they are well off under the Monarchy. For the vast majority of Canadians, being a Monarchy is probably the only form… — Pierre Trudeau
Some people think the NDP may want to get rid of the monarchy but I can assure you that that's absolutely not the case. My… — Jack Layton
By my count, the Deputy Prime Minister has sworn an oath of loyalty and service to Her Majesty no fewer than four times in the… — Unknown Author
America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of immigrants, the child is automatically more of an… — Florence King
The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the… — Lytton Strachey
In on summer they have done their business... they have completely pulled down to the ground their monarchy, their church, their nobility, their law, their… — Edmund Burke
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was then… — David Starkey
Almost everywhere else in Europe, the more military the state, the stronger the king - except in Britain. Here it was parliament, not the monarchy,… — Simon Schama
The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy. — Karl Liebknecht
A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft… — Fisher Ames

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